Female social dynamics in a provisioned free-ranging band of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, China

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1013-1022

  Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Watanabe, Kunio ^b   Li, Baoguo ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult females; Affiliative and agonistic interactions; Multilevel society; One male unit; Sichuan snub nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

HAMADRYAS; OMUS; PAPIO; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55649123074     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20591     Document Type: Article

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